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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  TEMNATA, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  12-jointed, 
  situated 
  immediateh' 
  over 
  the 
  

   mouth. 
  Face 
  broadly, 
  but 
  not 
  deeply, 
  excavated. 
  Meso- 
  

   notum 
  without 
  parapsidal 
  furrows. 
  Scutellum 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   narrowed, 
  and 
  projecting 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  into 
  two 
  oblique 
  

   triangular 
  teeth. 
  At 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurai 
  near 
  the 
  

   hind 
  wings 
  are 
  two 
  stout 
  keels 
  almost 
  united 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   border 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  somewhat 
  horseshoe-shaped 
  area 
  ; 
  

   on 
  the 
  side 
  beyond 
  this 
  are 
  two 
  stout 
  spines 
  widel}- 
  

   separated. 
  Ovipositor 
  short. 
  

  

  Comes 
  nearest 
  to 
  Kirb3^'s 
  genus 
  Mcf(aIocoliis 
  {Journ. 
  

   Linn. 
  Soc. 
  (Zool.) 
  x\'ii., 
  61), 
  which 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  haN'ing 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  

   coxse 
  have 
  a 
  leaf-like 
  projection 
  on 
  the 
  upperside, 
  and 
  

   the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen 
  itself. 
  

  

  Temnata 
  maculipennis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  3, 
  f. 
  10). 
  

  

  Ni'gra, 
  arf^rntco-pilosa 
  ; 
  alls 
  fuuiatis, 
  albo 
  -fascial 
  is. 
  2, 
  

   Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Agra 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  very 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   microscopic 
  pile, 
  which 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  greyish 
  appearance. 
  

   From 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  cheek 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   keel 
  runs 
  to 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  closel}- 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  : 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  the 
  punctuation 
  equally 
  strong, 
  

   but 
  closer 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  teeth 
  are 
  not 
  twice 
  longer 
  than 
  

   wide 
  and 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Median 
  segment 
  with 
  

   keels 
  all 
  over 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  central 
  

   straight, 
  the 
  others 
  more 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meta- 
  

   pleura 
  coarsely 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurat 
  

   with 
  longitudinal 
  keels 
  rather 
  widely 
  separated: 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pile. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   opaque, 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  